The paranoid spokesman, sees the fate of conspiracy in apocalyptic terms - he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization... he does not see social conflict as something to be mediated and compromised, in the manner of the working politician. Since what is at stake is always a conflict between absolute good and absolute evil, what is necessary is not compromise but the will to fight things out to a finish. Since the enemy is thought of as being totally evil and totally unappeasable, he must be totally eliminated - if not from the world, at least from the theatre of operations to which the paranoid directs his attention. This demand for total triumph leads to the formulation of hopelessly unrealistic goals, and since these goals are not even remotely attainable, failure constantly heightens the paranoid's sense of frustration. Even partial success leaves him with the same feeling of powerlessness with which he began, and this in turn only strengthens his awareness of the vast and terrifying quality of the enemy he opposes.

America has been having its leaders chosen, Democrat or Republican, chosen by the one world government, the Masons, the Illuminati, the Trilateral Commission, whatever you want to call these people, these are people who control the world.

Chariset:The paranoid spokesman, sees the fate of conspiracy in apocalyptic terms - he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization... he does not see social conflict as something to be mediated and compromised, in the manner of the working politician. Since what is at stake is always a conflict between absolute good and absolute evil, what is necessary is not compromise but the will to fight things out to a finish. Since the enemy is thought of as being totally evil and totally unappeasable, he must be totally eliminated - if not from the world, at least from the theatre of operations to which the paranoid directs his attention. This demand for total triumph leads to the formulation of hopelessly unrealistic goals, and since these goals are not even remotely attainable, failure constantly heightens the paranoid's sense of frustration. Even partial success leaves him with the same feeling of powerlessness with which he began, and this in turn only strengthens his awareness of the vast and terrifying quality of the enemy he opposes.

Richard Hofstadter, you prophet you.

Stupendous. If the quote wasn't attributed, I think it could have been lifted directly from a modern Republican how-to guide.

Howie Spankowitz:Stupendous. If the quote wasn't attributed, I think it could have been lifted directly from a modern Republican how-to guide.

Do you know what's worse? He wrote that in the 1960s.

It's from his book of essays called The Paranoid Style in American Politics and I recommend it to anyone. The last few essays haven't aged well but the first three (excusing a few dating references) could have been written yesterday

You have all those people who talk about the American debt being insolvable, where are you going to get $14 trillion from? The answer is very simple, you don't think the Saudis have $14 trillion in cash?

You think that desert is made of ground silicon? It's gold. Every last bit of it.

If, ultimately, it all comes down to the Illuminati controlling everything, every last move, the "take over" of Illuminati controlled America via Illuminati controlled Saudi Arabia, it just poses the question:

WHY THE fark WOULD YOU BOTHER?

Really. Really. If you're a shadowy conspiracy that's already assumed control of the whole freaking world...why bother DOING ANYTHING? You've already won! No one needs to take over ANYBODY! You're the worst conspiracy ever!

If, ultimately, it all comes down to the Illuminati controlling everything, every last move, the "take over" of Illuminati controlled America via Illuminati controlled Saudi Arabia, it just poses the question:

WHY THE fark WOULD YOU BOTHER?

Really. Really. If you're a shadowy conspiracy that's already assumed control of the whole freaking world...why bother DOING ANYTHING? You've already won! No one needs to take over ANYBODY! You're the worst conspiracy ever!

And, they must be realllllly bad at it. Since it's been a long time since THEY have taken over and nothing has happened.

If I could pick one thing I absolutely love that has come out of the complete insanity that is the right wing during the Obama administration, it would be the rise of the Heroic Blogger-Patriot.

They are textual gods amongst us, ferretting out non-existent secrets from the bastions of the inner workings of that crazy aunt we all feel obligated to invite to holiday parties, splicing it all together and showing us THE TRUTH as only they can see.

The conspiracy goes even deeper. Drew Curtis is a reverse vampire and Fark.com Industries are owned by the Rothschilds. This whole website is just a front for the New World Order. Someday there'll be no freedoms left when the U.N and TotalFark troops roll into your town.

God bless you for the wonderful work you are doing for humanity. Did you know that Romney wasn't referring to Obama? I'm so glad that's settled. You make a little joke.... Why are black people so sensitive?

If, ultimately, it all comes down to the Illuminati controlling everything, every last move, the "take over" of Illuminati controlled America via Illuminati controlled Saudi Arabia, it just poses the question:

WHY THE fark WOULD YOU BOTHER?

Really. Really. If you're a shadowy conspiracy that's already assumed control of the whole freaking world...why bother DOING ANYTHING? You've already won! No one needs to take over ANYBODY! You're the worst conspiracy ever!

And, they must be realllllly bad at it. Since it's been a long time since THEY have taken over and nothing has happened.

Not true. They've been in contact with the Grays and the Sirians since Roswell, and brokered a deal preventing the US and Soviet Union from blowing the planet up, so that they could harvest the humans they wanted while simultaneously inducing gradual sterility in Earth's male population.